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PAM—Securing Linux Boxes Everywhere

Issue 177

From Issue #177
January 2009

Jan 01, 2009  By Federico Kereki
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In a world without Windows, PAM guards the doors.

Resources

“A Jubilee Present” by E. W. Hornung: hornung.thefreelibrary.com/Raffles-Further-Adventures-Of-The-Amateur-Cracksman/2-1

Official PAM Documentation: www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam

Configuration File Details: www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/sag-configuration-file.html

Commonly Available PAM Modules: www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/sag-module-reference.html

Federico Kereki is a Uruguayan Systems Engineer, with more than 20 years' experience teaching at universities, doing development and consulting work, and writing articles and course material. He has been using Linux for many years now, having installed it at several different companies. He is particularly interested in the better security and performance of Linux boxes.

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Hardware Authentication Open Source Pam Module

luc's picture
Submitted by luc (not verified) on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 08:15.

Hi,

I just wanted to point out the availability of the swekey pam module.

This module lets you secure you ssh access with a $15 highly secure USB token.

Thanks,

Luc

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